XP - Service Packs 1 & 2: Installation Problems

[boombox]

You may remember just before Xmas I was having pc problems. Well, I sort of got them fixed and battled on for months until I was given a disc of XP Professional. Having installed this, I\'ve managed to get it all running normally, having had to download updated drivers etc. Frankly I won\'t know myself as I can now at last watch the various VCDs I downloaded from EZT - could only watch them without sound before, get captures from DVDs from which I\'ve ripped the audio etc etc.

Anyway, having finally been able to do a Windows update (my problems meant IE wouldn\'t work - long may Firefox reign!!), I\'ve installed all the smaller updates, but there remains the big question: "Should I download and install Service Pack 2?"

I know there may be potential problems with various incompatibilities. Do they outweigh the benefits? I await your suggestions.

[davepeck]

i\'ve been running sp2 since it was released, with no problems at all.

[ChrisF]

After SP2 i have been having some firewire issues. my computer will sometimes restart on its own when i connect a firewire device while using my protools hardware as a sound card. its very annoying because i always forget to turn off my digi002 when i plug in a firefire device. then the computer restarts while i have unsaved documents open and stuff like that. my other computers running SP2 have been just fine though.

[davepeck]

After SP2 i have been having some firewire issues. my computer will sometimes restart on its own when i connect a firewire device while using my protools hardware as a sound card. its very annoying because i always forget to turn off my digi002 when i plug in a firefire device. then the computer restarts while i have unsaved documents open and stuff like that. my other computers running SP2 have been just fine though.

a note about part 2 (the random restarting) - check your \'Automatic Updates\' settings. unless you change the default, when a new Critical Update is released, it will download it and install it for you, and also restart your computer (i believe it waits until overnight to do the actual reboot)..

and no, it doesn\'t care what you have open, it\'ll just reboot..

[ChrisF]

After SP2 i have been having some firewire issues. my computer will sometimes restart on its own when i connect a firewire device while using my protools hardware as a sound card. its very annoying because i always forget to turn off my digi002 when i plug in a firefire device. then the computer restarts while i have unsaved documents open and stuff like that. my other computers running SP2 have been just fine though.

a note about part 2 (the random restarting) - check your \'Automatic Updates\' settings. unless you change the default, when a new Critical Update is released, it will download it and install it for you, and also restart your computer (i believe it waits until overnight to do the actual reboot)..

and no, it doesn\'t care what you have open, it\'ll just reboot..

thanks, but thats not the problem. auto updates are off for me. i am running a version of windows xp configured for running protools. besides tweaks for better performance the default setting for updates is off.

The computer restarts as soon as the firewire device is recongnized. it also does it after i burn a cd in nero. after i click \'done\' or whatever it is the computer restarts instead of the cd ejecting. none of this happens if i power off the digi002 first, but i usually forget. i only get this problem with burning cds if the computer has been on for a while. if its the first thing i do when i turn on the computer i can burn cds with the digi002 on. this problem comes back after reformatting and installing the SP2 upgrade, so i know its SP2 related.

[boombox]

Thanks for the advice re downloading and installing SP2.

However, once downloaded, it won\'t install. I get an error message saying the registration code for XP is invalid. (No doubt, as it was of, shall we say dubious origin!!! tsk! tsk!!)

Can\'t even get SP1 to install - which I need for USB 2.0 compatibility. Anyone got any ideas how I can get round Bill Gates\' security?!!

[ChrisF]

try this and you should be all set. you wont have to enter a ser #. it does it for you in the background during installation. theres just no guarantee how long it will be valid for. but thats what you have to deal with if you dont want to pay.

http://torrentspy.com/directory.asp?mode=torrentdetails&id=326615

[boombox]

Yeowch - nice piece of kit - need to free up some space first!!

[ChrisF]

Yeowch - nice piece of kit - need to free up some space first!!

if you install this you are going to be formatting your drive. i found some more info it. maybe you dont want all the stuff it comes with, but it will work.

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Windows Nemesis 4 - Titan Edition

Welcome to the final release in the Nemesis series ..... until Longhorn smile.gif

Windows Nemesis is based on the XPSP2 core, it will install automatically and needs no activation as it is corporate,
updating via windows update will work fine as well. Package also contains all hotfixes up to 13/3/05.

This release is a major shift in the packaging of Nemesis and should really have been Nemesis 3, it contains the
following software which are OPTIONAL to install after nemesis is complete:

3DMark03
7Zip
ABC Torrent
Acrobat Reader 7
Adobe Acrobat Professional 7
Ad-Aware SE Professional
Adobe Photoshop 8 CS
AIM 5
Alcohol 120%
AnyDVD
Aquamark 3
Ares
Avast! Antivirus
Azureus
BitComet
BitTornado
Blindwrite 5
CloneCD 5.1
Codecs (see PI list)
CuteFTP
Diskeeper 8 Professional
Daemon Tools 3.47
DVD Encrypter
DVD Shrink
eMule
Firefox
FlashFXP
FLStudio
foobar2000
GAIM
IsoBuster
iTunes
Java
Limewire
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
Macromedia Studio MX
Motherboard Monitor 5
Microsoft Office 2003 SP1
Microsoft .net Framework 1.1
mIRC
MsgPlus
MSN Messenger 6.2
MSN Messsenger 7 Beta
Nero 6.6.08
Nod32 Antivirus
Norton Partition Manager
Norton Ghost 2003
Peer guardian 2 Beta 3
PerfectDisk
Paint Shop Pro 9
Symantec Antivirus Corporate 9
Simplite MSN Encryption
SiSoft Sandra 2005 Professional
Sony Sound Forge 7
Sony DVD
Soulseek
Spybot
Spysweeper
Steganos Security Suite 7.13
Sygate Personal Firewall Pro 5.5.26.37
Trillian
UltraISO
VMWare 4.5.2.88
WinAMP 5.8
WinRAR
WinZip9
WMP 10
YIM

Optional tweaks available to choose:

Disable Autorun
Disable Balloon Tips
Disable auto restart in event of BSOD.
Maximise simultaneous connections to 30.
Disable error on low disk space.
Disable Start menu deleay.
Disable Messenger service.
Minimise Outlook to system tray.
Clear Page File at shutdown.
Disable Quality of service Packet Scheduler.
Enavle renaming of recycle bin.
Disable Windows Time.
Disable Windows File Protection.

Nemesis also contains slipstreamed RAID/SATA drivers for all of the following brands:

ACARD
Adaptec
AMD
Highpoint
Intel
LSI
Mylex
nVidia
Promise
QLogic
Silicon Image
SiS
VIA

You will not need to install your drivers from floppy at the beginning of install, just let it go.

Known Bugs:

1. If you use a Hyper Threaded pc you may have problem with this, switch off HT in your bios temporarily while installing
and after install copy the included ntoskrnlmp.exe to your /Windows/system32 folder (u may have to do this in safe mode)
and then reboot. The reason for this is the custom boot screen we made only supports single processor pc\'s and XP recognises
HT as dual processor pc\'s.

2. We tested as many combinations of apps as possible, all apps that could not be cracked without user interaction have had
the crack copied to the desktop after you install said app so you can do it yourself, if for some reason the crack isn\'t there
you can find it in the C:\\install\\Applications\\nameofappfolder.

It will take a bit longer than your used to to install Nemesis as it is a very large disc and has to copy the contents over,
patience is a virtue tongue.gif.

Defragment your drive after you have finished installing everything.

Last note - read a lot of threads about previous versions crashing etc, guys check your damn hardware first before throwing
stones at this package, those blue screens actually mean something you know.

Enjoy.

*****This software is meant for purely testing purposes and is not to be distributed publicly*****

3.17 GB (3,402,826,273 bytes)